Chapter 389 - 387: Taichu Daoist Palace’s Flying Ship

Chapter 389: Chapter 387: Taichu Daoist Palace’s Flying Ship

"Me? I don’t think I can escape either."

"I can feel my memories, my emotions, slowly fading away," the man caught in Su Qing’s World-Purifying Immortal Technique said bitterly.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The three of them shouted the same word in unison, their voices resolute and powerful.

Su Qing could sense the emotion behind their words.

It was a resolve to fight him to the death.

Su Qing was happy to oblige.

"O light, born of the chaotic abyss."

"Untamed, you toy with the sunken darkness."

"At the precipice, we trust in the white night of the Black Abyss."

"I return my life unto you!"

The moment the three of them finished the final syllable in unison,

Su Qing immediately sensed something was terribly wrong.

Because the fates of these three men had vanished completely.

The three of them stood in a triangular formation.

Their bodies emanated an indescribable black aura, and all three of them seemed as if they were already dead.

This black aura frenziedly began to absorb the life force of all surrounding creatures.

Seeing this, Su Qing realized what was happening.

’They’re clearly trying to summon some big boss.’

"Heaven and Earth!"

Su Qing instantly transformed, his form swelling to that of an Immortal King standing tall within the Cosmos.

"World-Purifying Immortal Technique!"

Light illuminated the entire Cosmos. It was dazzlingly brilliant, yet possessed an intensely sacred quality.

However, its only effect was to finish off the three men completely.

’You want to absorb the energy around here?’

’Then I’ll play along.’

"Great Dao Wheel!"

Once again, a terrifying gravitational pull emanated from him, so strong that not even light could escape his body.

Anything and everything that appeared was obliterated by the Great Dao Wheel.

Not only that, but Su Qing even began absorbing that indescribable black qi from his opponents’ ritual.

Upon obliterating a single trace of it,

His Life Force actually surged, the increase comparable to half of what the entire Greed Realm had given him.

’This qi is really something.’

The black qi, a product of a Divine Technique surpassing the Great Dao Level, was also completely absorbed by Su Qing.

Not a trace was left.

The sacrificial formation finally vanished.

’So they really were summoning something nasty.’

Only after eradicating it did Su Qing release his Heaven and Earth transformation. The surrounding space returned to a state of absolute tranquility.

’I’ve memorized those syllables. Who exactly is after me?’

’Could they be after this little trinket from the Taichu Daoist Palace?’

Su Qing looked at the medal-like object in his hand, feeling puzzled.

They had called it a seal.

’Something from the Taichu Daoist Palace.’

Su Qing glanced at it, but there was nothing particularly strange about it.

He put it away and took out the conical object.

[Black Abyss Seal Beak: The power of the Black Abyss has seeped into it, forming a Black Abyss Seal. A Magical Artifact tempered by immense power, it possesses incredible piercing ability. For those without a Black Abyss Seal, its Black Abyss Qi has the power to corrode the mind.]

[Combinable]

’Black Abyss... the Black Abyss Dynasty?’

The connection clicked for Su Qing.

The Black Abyss Dynasty was a power he had read about in the Jianmu Library.

An exceedingly powerful one, at that.

’Is it possible the Greed Realm is a world being farmed by the Black Abyss Dynasty?’

Otherwise, how could they have found him and tried to assassinate him?

’But why would they want to kill me?’

Su Qing was mystified. ’Did I somehow ruin one of their plans?’

After all, the small object he held had managed to breach the defenses of his Immortal Domain Body.

Its power was undeniably immense.

’I could probably combine this with my Greed Realm Immortal Robe.’

The Greed Realm Immortal Robe’s usefulness was still quite limited.

Its defensive capabilities were lacking. Even his current Array Plate was no longer sufficient.

’Now that I’m in the Star Sea Great World, I should be able to upgrade the Array Plate. I’d completely forgotten about it.’

’If it disappears again, then the problem isn’t with the Array Plate itself.’

Su Qing assessed his condition after the battle.

There were no major issues.

He put away his things.

He resumed his journey towards the Taichu Daoist Palace.

He traveled for three months.

Su Qing spotted a quaint, ancient Flying Ship.

It was huge.

It was docked next to a Star.

’The Taichu Seal?’

’Is that a Flying Ship from the Taichu Daoist Palace?’

Of course, there was a reason Su Qing stopped.

He recognized the seal of the Taichu Daoist Palace: a purple cloud with a yellow dot.

It was unmistakably a Flying Ship from the Taichu Daoist Palace.

The design was very simple.

But also very easy to recognize.

’I should go ask.’

’See if it’s headed for the Taichu Daoist Palace.’

’If it is, I might be able to save some time.’

Because he remembered.

Some Flying Shuttles,

used immense Energy to tear open Space and travel through it, allowing them to reach their destinations very quickly.

Otherwise, how else could certain beings arrive outside the Jianmu Omniscience Institute?

Su Qing approached the ship.

He found the entrance.

"Those possessing a Taichu Seal,"

"May enter."

Su Qing stepped inside.

The interior was vastly different.

Furthermore, Su Qing noted that the overall aesthetic was incredibly sleek and high-end.

"Welcome."

"Student of the Taichu Daoist Palace."

A small, circular disk, looking like a cross between a machine and a Magical Artifact, hovered before Su Qing.

Su Qing couldn’t understand a word it was saying.

"Can you understand what I’m saying?" Su Qing asked.

The circular disk switched to another language. "Yes, I can understand you."

"That’s good. How can I learn the language of the Taichu Daoist Palace?" Su Qing asked.

’If I want to go to the Taichu Daoist Palace, I have to learn the language. Communication is the first step to learning. Even to read their books, language is essential.’

"Understood. A member of the Mechanical Race will soon transmit the Taichu Language to you."

"Show me around. Also, is there a fee for this Flying Ship?"

"And arrange a place for me to study."

"Of course."

"As the holder of a Taichu Seal, you are exempt from all fees. Furthermore, we will arrange everything for you."

"Please follow me. We are two stops away from the Taichu Daoist Palace. The journey will take three Taichu Eras."

"Three Taichu Eras?" Su Qing asked, puzzled. "Let’s use the time it takes me to say one word as a unit." He then deliberately spoke each word at a pace of one per second. "How many ’words’ would that be?"

"The time it would take to speak over 94 million words."

’So, it’s about the same as three normal years.’

"Please arrange my accommodations and give me a tour of the Flying Ship."

"Certainly."

"Sir, I will take you to your arranged room."

"Alright." Su Qing followed it.

They passed many other beings along the way.

Most, however, appeared in humanoid forms.

Su Qing was led to a room by the circular disk.

The room was spacious and furnished entirely with wood.

"This is the room for students of the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"The Taichu Language you requested is loaded into this device. You need only press this button to have the language transmitted to you."

After the disk explained how to operate some of the devices, Su Qing, satisfied, followed the disk to other parts of the ship.

The restaurant, the Outdoors Street, a commercial street, and a large library.

The restaurant encircled the library.

The commercial street, in turn, wrapped around the restaurant.

And the Outdoors Street enveloped the commercial street.

The main restaurant was run by the Flying Ship itself. The food was delicious and inexpensive.

The other eateries were run by private merchants.

It was huge.

Truly massive.

Su Qing was left speechless.

Moreover, with the disk following him, Su Qing drew a variety of looks from the people around them—some were looks of infatuation, others of surprise, and still others of confusion.

In any case, he was attracting a lot of attention.

But Su Qing couldn’t understand what those people were whispering as they stole glances at him.

Frustrated, Su Qing returned to his room and began learning the Taichu Language.

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After studying for a full day, Su Qing had a near-perfect grasp of it.

’It’s just another pictographic language. The pronunciation is different, but otherwise it’s not that big a deal.’

’So that’s what they were all saying about me.’

’Things like, "How did a Taichu Daoist Palace student get on here?" and "I wonder if he’s dangerous."’

’I’ll ignore the ones calling me handsome, but someone actually wanted me to marry into their race as a live-in son-in-law?’

’No wonder everyone had such strange expressions.’

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